Bertina Foltz
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September 30, 1897
Bertina Foltz | |
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 Foltz, from a 1926 newspaper | |
| Born | Bertina Louise Foltz September 30, 1897 Indianapolis, Indiana, US |
| Died | October 6, 1940 (age 43) New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Bertina Foltz Smith |
| Occupation | Writer |
Bertina Louise Foltz Smith (September 30, 1897 – October 6, 1940) was an American writer. She was an associate editor at Vogue magazine, where she wrote about beauty, food and entertaining.
Foltz was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Herbert W. Foltz and Clara Bowen Foltz.[1][2] Her father and her brother Howard were architects; her mother directed amateur theatricals.[3] She graduated from Tudor Hall School for Girls in 1915,[4] and from Vassar College in 1919.[5]
Career
Foltz was on the editorial staff of Vogue magazine,[6] covering beauty and entertaining, under editor Edna Woolman Chase. She wrote a cookbook with Marjorie Hillis, Corned Beef and Caviar (for the Live-Aloner) (1937).[7][8] "It replaces motherly advice with humor and dull recipes with concoctions of the modern order," noted one reviewer.[9]
